The relationship between transcranial Current Stimulation electrode montages and the effect of the skull orbital openings

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 831-834

  Mekonnen, A ^a   Salvador, R ^a   Ruffini, G ^a   Miranda, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL REGIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; INJECTED CURRENT; SOFT TISSUE; STIMULATION ELECTRODES; TRANSCRANIAL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORBIT;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORBIT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881074205     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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